Open Element Properties Dialog

[Jeremie]

Hi everyone,

I created a UseCase element with a stereotype in my model and i'd like to open automatically the properties dialog
Is it possible ?

So far, no relevant method found in the documentation...

Thanks,
Jeremie.

[Geert Bellekens]

Yes,

That is possible, but it is not documented.

Check the operation openProperties(UML.UMLItem item) from the class Model.cs

It opens the properties dialog for any item in the model.

Geert

[qwerty]

Ehrm Wasn't that Respository.CustomCommand? Your method just returns the parameter name.

q.

[Geert Bellekens]

The first part of the operation gets the correct parameter.

The last part uses CustomCommand to actually open the properties.

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           //open the actual dialog
            if (this.mainEAWindow != null
                && typeString != string.Empty
                && itemID != 0)
          {
                  string ret = this.wrappedModel.CustomCommand("CFormCommandHelper", "ProcessCommand", "Dlg=" + typeString + ";id=" + itemID.ToString() + ";hwnd=" + this.mainEAWindow.Handle);
          }
Geert

[Jeremie]

I'm sorry, i'm not sure how to implement those methods in my program...

[Geert Bellekens]

You'll need some kind of WindowWrapper like this

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using System;

namespace TSF.UmlToolingFramework.Wrappers.EA
{
      /// <summary>
      /// Wrapper needed to be able to open properties dialog in EA
      /// </summary>
   internal class WindowWrapper : System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window
   {
     public WindowWrapper(IntPtr handle)
     {
       _hwnd = handle;
     }

     public IntPtr Handle
     {
       get { return _hwnd; }
     }

     private IntPtr _hwnd;
   }
}and initialize that window wrapper  like this:

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   /// <summary>
    /// the main EA window to use when opening properties dialogs
    /// </summary>
    public IWin32Window mainEAWindow
    {
          get
          {
                if //(true)
                      (this._mainEAWindow == null)
                {
                      List<Process> allProcesses = new List<Process>( Process.GetProcesses());
                           Process proc = allProcesses.Find(pr => pr.ProcessName == "EA");
                       //if we don't find the process then we set the mainwindow to null
                           if (proc == null
                               || proc.MainWindowHandle == null)
                       {
                             this._mainEAWindow = null;
                       }
                       else
                       {
                             //found it. Create new WindowWrapper
                             this._mainEAWindow  = new WindowWrapper(proc.MainWindowHandle);
                       }
                }
                 return this._mainEAWindow;
          }
    }Then use Repository.CustomCommand as posted before.

This is all already working in my open source EA Addin Framework
I use that in the EANavigator addin.


Geert

[Jeremie]

thanks Geert i did it